Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for a record second term on Friday, while Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak took oath as his deputies.
Besides Adityanath, 52 ministers, including 16 Cabinet ministers and two deputy CMs, were sworn in.
The swearing-in ceremony was held amid ramped-up security at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh in attendance.
Earlier on Thursday, Adityanath was unanimously elected as the leader of the Uttar Pradesh BJP legislature party in a meeting in Lucknow, also attended by newly elected legislators of the party’s two allies — Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Nishad Party.
